Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
$35.99 AUD
Category: History
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-si ...Show more
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. Winner of the Indie Book Awards 2023 Non Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the BookPeople Non Fic ...Show more
Alice ™: The biggest untold story in the history of money by Stuart Kells
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and staked claims in it, triggering a battle to control the world's money markets. With phenomenal profits at stake, the conflict would go all the way to the United States Supreme Court, ...Show more
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and a complex and controversial legacy debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the ...Show more
Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. To them, it was clear that Japan's militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for their crimes. For the Allied ...Show more
Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan by Sokyo Ono
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us!Shinto: The Japanese World of Kami Spirits is a concise guide to the fundamental elements of the Shinto religion — its rich mythology and symbols, intricate rituals, festivals, ancestral spirits, awe-inspiring architectu ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Windsor Spares: The Prince Harry and Prince Andrew's Soap Opera! by Nigel Cawthorne, Nigel Cawthorne
$14.99 AUD
$24.99 (40% off)
Category: Royals
Spares Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have rarely been out of the news since 2019. They both have proved to have a rare knack for creating a royal soap opera and turning their humdrum lives into an embarrassment to their family. Royal author Nigel Cawthorne unravels their princely lives in this dual po ...Show more
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
"A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, and invasion that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvelous book." --Simon Winchester Ghost Empire is a rare treasure--an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, narrated by a master storyteller. ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms (HB) by Richard Fidler
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled a ...Show more
A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century by Michael Meyer
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione Lee and prize-winning Victorian histories. London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes ...Show more